more camera stuff
I've been playing with
Picasa 2 with Google web albums. For the time being that is so easy to use I am going to post shots there instead...
http://picasaweb.google.com/jalang![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
mistergrumpy and I had a great weekend last weekend traipsing around this half of the state. We started out catching a couple trains in Greensburg, tempted by the Red Star brewery there. But we pressed on to Johnstown to have a swell dinner at the Johnstown Brewing Company. 9 beers came in the sampler, including a stout, an IPA (meh), a pale ale, something more lagery, homemade root beer (yum!), and a few other things. All of the beer was good. We got a growler to go... Mike Saverino and his kid met us for a couple, then we tried to do some night shooting in East Conemaugh where we realized that I didn't have all of the needed cable for the lights. (Which reminds me to locate them now, dammit)
We went to the Station Inn in Cresson for a couple more, then
mistergrumpy and I turned in for the night. The next morning we had a tasty Station Inn breakfast and then did interior and porch shots for the proprietor's web site (which I created several years ago, not coincidentally). That afternoon we had planned to meet Mike for dinner, so we had time to kill. We decided to hike down into Benny curve east of Gallitzin, PA, site of the infamous Red Arrow wreck of 1946. After some good hiking and climbing we then met Mike, his son, and Tom Davis and went to Altoona for sushi (yes, believe it or not). The food was quite tasty. We then checked out the mega-Sheetz for coffee and did more nights shots in Altoona.
Sunday
mistergrumpy and I ate breakfast and managed to get out relatively early, so we went up to Shelocta, PA to find coal trains. Unfortunately, it was miner's holiday and we didn't find a moving train until Johnsonburg, PA - quite a drive. We saw a couple trains there, and chased one south to DuBois, then took PA 28 towards the city. We paused for a couple trains on the NS Conemaugh Line at Natrona Heights, then we met up with my family etc at The Quiet Storm in Garfield.
In the meantime I realized one of the studio lights isn't working quite right, but I got word that repairs will be covered by the warranty. Yay!
Lastly, I expect that this week will be an interesting one for a variety of reasons. As the situation(s) unfold I'll of course update you here.
